by Debbi Mack | Jul 7, 2017 | General
I thought I’d blog a bit about what lawyers really do. There a number of misconceptions about law school, legal training, and what a lawyer actually does for clients. There are also any number of mistaken impressions people have about the law and being a lawyer....
by Debbi Mack | Feb 20, 2017 | General
On Saturday, I took part in what’s becoming an annual tradition for me—serving as a scoring judge in the regional mock trial competitions for undergraduate students at the University of Maryland Law School (now called, strictly speaking, the University of...
by Debbi Mack | Aug 5, 2016 | General
You know how people in certain professions can’t stand watching certain shows, because the details are all wrong? I go through this all the time with legal fiction on TV shows. But you know what really gets me? When authors write about legal details in fiction...
by Debbi Mack | Feb 29, 2016 | General
I previously blogged and vlogged about the stuff that bugs me about crime shows and legal shows. Well, let me tell you about my awesome day in mock court on Saturday. Now, as a member of the University of Maryland School of Law (now known as the Carey School of Law)...
by Debbi Mack | Jan 29, 2016 | General
A great lawyer isn’t necessarily the most obnoxious person. Nor is a great lawyer necessarily a sleazebag. And yet so often, on TV and in movies, lawyers (particularly criminal defense lawyers) are depicted as unethical slimebags and liars. However, one of the...
